SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EFFICIENT DATA BACKUP IN A NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

摘要

The present invention is directed to a system, methods, and a computer-readable medium for efficiently performing a backup of data in a networking environment. In embodiments of the present invention, a backup of a file from a local computing device to a remote computing device is performed. However, the file may not be transmitted to the remote computing device in all instances. Instead, aspects of the present invention determine whether the file is already stored on the remote computing device by another user or by an operating system and/or application program provider. In this regard, a signature of the file is generated and compared to signatures of files stored on the back end computing device. Only in instances when a match to the signature is not found is the complete file transmitted to the back end computing device and stored in a database.